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the others could not be (leteiiniiied. Another, lying- on the left side, 

 the head toward the south, was in a jj;rave 3 feet deep, the end of which 

 was at the side of a barbecue hole, 



A burial pit 4 feet in diameter and 3 feet deej), l.~> feet from the near- 

 est grave, contained remains of 3 persons. At one side were piled in 

 confusion the bones of a child about 14 years of age; opposite them hiy 

 the pelvic bones of an adult. Tlie bones of an infant lay in their 

 proper order, on the right side, the bead toward the east; at the neck 

 was a shell disk with a. single perforation. 



More than 20 barbecue holes weie found which had apparently been 

 cleaned out before being abandoned, and had refilled ; for, although the 

 bottom Avas much bnrned, they were ahnost dexoid of the renmins 

 usually found in such holes except that in one was a (juantity of burned 

 stones. They were filled with earth having exactly the same ai)pear- 

 ance as the soil about and between them; pieces of charcoal, none 

 larger than a hazelnut,, occasionally a nuissel shell or small burned 

 stone, or a fragment of pottery being scattered here and there. Most 

 of the holes were circular in outline, measuring from 3^ to 5 feet in 

 diameter at the top and a little more than half as much at the bottom. 

 Several were quite irregular as if dug at different periods. One was 15 

 feet long, a foot deep at one end, 3 feet deep at the other, and from 3 to 

 5 feet wide, the bottom not having a uniform slo^ie but being quite 

 uneven. It contained very few animal bones, shells, or such remains, 

 but snuill lumps of charcoal were scattered thickly iu the earth tilling 

 it. I'arts of the skull of an infant, with arm and leg bones of 2 others 

 were found; the femurs were not more than 4 inches long and the skull 

 was as thin as heavy wrapi)ing i)aper. 



There were several large piles of mussel shells in various places; one 

 covered the grave of an adult, but this did not seem to have been 

 intentional. 



On the land of John F, Alexander, lying next south of the Bowman 

 farm are 2 stone mounds, one of them about 2, tlie other about 3 feet 

 high, the diameter of each being about 20 feet. One is on top of a hill, 

 the other about40 feet above the bottom land on a point terminating a 

 ridge. Both have been opened, and human bones but no other relies 

 found in them. 



WIIITKrOST. 



On the farm of Mr M. II. lieardon, 2 miles northwest of Whitepost, 

 was a stone mound or grave that was carefully examined by that 

 gentleman. The rocks surrounding it were all large, with one end set 

 in the ground, the other inclining inward. Several circles were thus 

 formed, each supported by the next inner one, the last being upheld 

 by small stones laid under it. Similar rows above were held in place 

 by having the lower end of each stone wedged between stones in the 

 next lower course; others were fixed upon these, and so on until the 



